Letters to the Editor

US is rudderless against its challenges

Posted:
07/07/2014 11:03:19 PM MDT

Two years ago, this administration was asked to send drones to the Middle East to take out a column of 5,000 ISIS militants — a fundamentalist, Sunni Jihadist group. While President Obama "deliberated" — dithered — an opportunity was lost. Today, ISIS has grown to huge numbers, taking over one-third of Iraq on their militant march to Baghdad, slaughtering innocent people along the way. They are capturing 10-year-old boys to fight, arming them with guns bigger than they are. Recently, they abducted 46 Indian nurses from a hospital in Tikrit and loaded them onto buses for unknown destinations.

Saudi Arabia, a predominately Sunni Muslim country, has moved 30,000 troops to their border with Iraq for its protection from these radicals.

ISIS intends to form an Islamic state from Baghdad to the Mediterranean, under radical Sharia law. Meanwhile, Obama has sent 300-plus American troops to Baghdad as advisers and to protect the Baghdad airport from ISIS. This, after he promised "no boots on the ground."

We have a rudderless foreign policy under this president. He does as he pleases even after the Supreme Court voted unanimously against some of his presidential decrees.

Chaos has erupted along our southern border. Thousands of illegals, not just children, are pouring into Texas and California. Gov. Rick Perry has been doing the feds' job of trying to care for and secure them. He asked Obama to visit the border when he is in Texas, next week. But, the president is too busy campaigning to worry about the future safety and survival of our nation. According to retired military officers, the situation is as explosive as 9/11 was for the US.

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